Reporting on India Cleantech Forum

[Manu Sharma]

Hi All,

 

I recently attended the India Cleantech Forum event at New Delhi. It was a conference for investment firms, VC's and banks at one hand and entrepreneurs on the other to discuss clean technology investments in India.

Since there are a lot of people here are interested in cleantech and most did not attend the event, I'm including a selective report below with an emphasis on technologies featured there. Some of them were actually quite amazing.

 

Day One

 

Three out of four sessions the first day were focused on cleantech investment trends globally and in India. There was unanimous agreement among big investors that massive amount of capital is available for this sector and that we're going to see big inflow of funds in the near future.

 

One of the keynote speakers, Chris Greenwood talked about big investment going into solar worldwide and that there was a glut in supply of PV expected around mid 2010 which may bring down prices by 37% (this was discussed on Green-India last year). He also talked about heavy engineering involved in wind power - comparing the size of large turbine rotors with the image of a spinning Boeing 747.

 

Dhiraj Nayar, a former economist and a reporter with the Financial Express talked about their campaign on promoting India as a green manufacturing hub. Peter Castellas, conference co-chair announced the CSM report on renewable energy released the previous day.

 

The fourth session showcased Indian cleantech innovation. This was a much more interesting session for me where six entrepreneurs talked about the technologies in which their companies specialise. These were:

 

Biomass based energy generation - N. Srinivasan / Auromira Energy 

 

Srinivasan talked about Auromira's successful deployment of biomass plants and called for a need to customise boiler design based on the fuel type available. The need for round the clock fuel availability was emphasised. One of the concerns that came out in Q&A was rapid escalation of biomass prices after plant installation.

 

Distributed solar power for rural areas - Damian Miller / Orb Energy 

 

Orb Energy is an offshoot of Shell specialising in solar with a franchisee model. Based out of Bangalore, Orb has 40 franchisees in Karnataka currently. Damian mentioned that in off-grid rural areas, solar PV is already cost-competitive with kerosene.

 

Cost competitiveness with diesel based power generation depends upon the financing model pursued. A UNEP project in rural India saw a huge uptake of solar when they provided 5-year loans at 5% interest. He argued that "PV will fly if ten-year loans were available at 2% interest."

 

That said, it's essential to point out here (and Damian conceded this himself) that people in rural India are paying more per Watt of solar panels than consumers in Europe or US where it is heavily subsidised. So there's a huge issue of equity here.

 

Recycling of industrial paint sludge - A. S. Vishnoi / Maharani Paints

 

The company has come up with a way to recycle paint sludge into industrial primer. Paint sludge is a hazardous byproduct in the paint industry that previously had to be incinerated. 35% of all paint produced is sludge. It was previously considered uncrecyclable.

 

Petroleum fuels from hydrocarbon waste - Amit Tandon / Aveda Ecogreen

 

Aveda has developed a revolutionary technology that can convert any kind of industrial waste (such as all grades of waste plastic) or effluents into useful petroleum fuels. In other words, it extracts hydrocarbons out of industrial waste and converts it into useful energy.

 

Amit mentioned that although there are several such technologies, what makes Aveda different is that for the first time, no segregation of different kinds of waste is required. Theirs is a sixth-generation technology.

 

Most surprisingly, it was claimed that there are zero emissions caused during the conversion process as it's based on a proprietary catalyst agent. The converted fuel wouldn't be sold as petrol but will be used as industrial furnace fuels / LPG / Kerosene / any solid hydrocarbons. The technology won gold medal award at the Lockheed Martin India Innovation Growth Program last year.

 

Wind power in India - Mahesh Vipradas / Senergy Global

 

Mahesh gave an overview of wind power in India. The country has a low-wind regime, classified under wind class 3 (6m/s or lower). Therefore European firms have to adjust their turbine design for low wind regime. Generation based incentives recently introduced in the sector are expected to boost growth. Suzlon is world's #5 wind power company in terms of capacity and #1 in terms of market cap.

 

Solar Power: new avenues and trends - Amit Kumar / Tata BP Solar

 

According to Tata BP, India has some of the largest off-grid distributed solar power installations in the world estimated at 25 MW. The idea of solar cities is expected to come up in a big way in India in the coming years. (this recently came up on Green-India)   

 

Day Two

 

The first session focused on technology transfer through market mechanisms. Two of the speakers -- Richard Franklin of Sindicatum and V. Shunmugam of MCX India -- talked extensively on how Clean Development Mechanism can aid technology transfer.

 

In the Q&A session, I ruffled some feathers when I challenged the speakers who promoted CDM, asking them if they were willing to take responsibility for the millions of tons of CO2 emissions being caused by spurious CDM projects and the environmental harm it will cause.

 

This led to some embarrassment for the panel chair (Pavan Sukhdev) who tried to twist the question around but then another speaker Shomak Ghosh (Yes Bank) ventured to say that the additionality clause (which I argued was rarely followed) is "totally bunkum" and was designed solely to allow industries in the West to continue with GHG emissions. He essentially endorsed my stand.

 

So I said, "then the system is broken. Why are we promoting a broken system?" Slight laughter in the audience ensued and an awkward moment of silence for the speakers who didn't really have an answer. Shomak Ghosh tried to argue that "cleantech projects are inherently green" to which I quickly added "not if you earn [spurious] credits for them."

 

Next session was "international cleantech company showcase" that featured some of the most amazing technologies featured over the two days.

 

Tidal Power - Martin Burger / Blue Energy

 

Blue Energy International has developed a vertical-axis turbine that harnesses power of the tidal currents working at 40-60% capacity factor. According to their website, an 8-knot tidal current provides the equivalent force of a 390 km / hr wind! The technology can be scaled from a few Kilowatts up to several Gigawatt sizes.

 

Another unique aspect of the technology is that you get a free bridge with it! "Multiple turbines are linked in series to create a tidal fence across an ocean passage." So there are transport applications. The company has already received independent assessments from at least three parties.

 

According to Martin's own estimates, worldwide tidal power resource availability is in the range of 800 - 2000 GW. In India, the highest resources are in the region of Gujarat / Maharashtra's coastal belt. This is undoubtedly one of the most attractive of all emerging renewable energy technologies.

 

Clean Coal - Kos Galtos / Environmental Clean Technologies

 

Unlike Carbon Capture and Sequestration or CCS, the clean coal technology developed by ECT does not involve capturing emissions. Instead, it focuses on reducing coal consumption for the same amount of thermal energy by removing moisture content from brown coal through an economical method.

 

Clean coal can be employed in existing power plants where they reduce emissions by 20-30% or in new plants where when applied with other optimisation technologies they can reduce emissions by as much as 55% compared to traditional plants.

 

ECT has also successfully received several independent third party endorsements. This is an extremely potent solution in the Indian context as we're about to quadruple our energy consumption by around 2030 by planning commission's own estimates for the business as usual scenario.

 

Concentrated Solar Collector - Peter Wakeman & Philip Connor / Sunengy

 

Sunengy has invented a unique solar PV concentrator called Liquid Solar Array (LSA) which floats on standing water bodies such as ponds and has no wind profile as the lens can be rotated to be fully submerged under water. The water also functions as a passive heat sink for the silicon cell based concentrator.

 

The device uses low cost materials and has energy payback of estimated 13 months. Upfront cost at entry is expected to be in the range of $2/W and running costs around $0.11 / kWh which the company expects to drop to $0.05 / kWh in four years' time.

 

The amount of water required is 2 ha / MW of 1.2m depth. Sunengy is seeking EOI from international partners.

 

Solar Water Distillation - Peter Johnstone / F Cubed

 

Fcubed desalinates water at 5% the cost of competition. Their technology works at 50% solar efficiency. However, the output at 6l per square meter / day is modest. 

 

Third session on day two continued with a second showcase of Indian cleantech innovation.

 

Small Hydro Power Generation - S K Sharma / SBA Hydrotech

 

Sharma argued that small hydro is the most economical and one of the oldest renewable energy technologies. There are plants which have been operating for over 50 years and those that are operating for over 100 years in India. He said that all of Himachal Pradesh's energy demand can be offset by small hydro.

 

Energy Efficient Air Conditioning - A Vaidyanathan / HMX Sumaya

 

The company has developed a way to significantly reduce energy consumption of air conditioning. Their presentation mentioned very little of the technical details though. I suspect it to be a hybrid of earth cooling tubes and traditional air conditioning.

 

Energy Saving Motor Controllers - Sundar Duraiswami / Tribi Embedded Systems

 

Tribi makes variable frequency drives that can provide up to 25% energy savings in motors and pumps. In a 5 HP agricultural pump for example, the annual energy savings amount to 12 MWh, according to Sundar. As 70% of world electricity is driven by motors, there's tremendous potential for such controllers.

 

Energy Saving Lighting Controllers - P R L Rao / Kakatiya Energy Systems

 

KKES manufactures switches for outdoor lamps with built-in infrared sensors which automatically turn on and off based on the level of ambient light thereby saving energy.

 

Bio-fuels - B Jaya Kumar / Nandan Biomatrix

 

Nandan biomatrix is into large scale Jatropha contract farming on government defined non-arable land. Jatropha Curcas is an ideal biofuel for several reasons. The company also undertakes R&D and also plans to utilise biomass generated from the cultivation for energy generation.

 

Energy Service Companies (ESCO's) and Building Energy Efficiency - Leena Thomas & Mahesh Tharoor

 

Leena Thomas leads the Indian branch of Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI) of the Clinton Foundation which operates globally. She talked about her programme which lays a big emphasis on measurement. Particularly, measurement of lifecycle cost and lifecycle emissions of energy generation technologies. They have built up partnerships with such technology providers worldwide and work closely with ESCo's such as Johnson Controls.

 

Mahesh Tharoor heads Energy Solutions, Asia at Johnson Controls which is one of the world's leading ESCo's. He talked about guaranteeing clients the amount of energy reductions their company can help implement. This breaks down the barrier to entry. They are largely into building efficiency.

Highlight of the concluding session on "Vision for the Future" was Deepa's presentation on youth and IYCN. For a conference on clean energy generation, it was the only presentation over the two days which generated so much energy around the room! No emissions were caused and the point was made loud and clear - IYCN has arrived.

I've provided links to various company websites for the different technologies. Presentations should be made available on Cleantech Forum website in a few days. If you have any question, feel free to get in touch.
 

Thanks,

Manu

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[asrao]

Thank U Manu for sharing the information.

asrao

[Abhinav Gupta]

Manu, excellent coverage of the event - thanks for this. I did miss out a few sessions on the second day, but this helps a lot.

During one of the networking sessions of the event, I had discussion with Financial Express / Indian Express representatives at the event, and they were also interested in the ideology behind IYCN. Guess they'll be getting in touch soon as well.

Regards,
Abhinav

[Manu Sharma]

On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 2:23 AM, Abhinav Gupta <abhi...@gmail.com> wrote:

During one of the networking sessions of the event, I had discussion with Financial Express / Indian Express representatives at the event, and they were also interested in the ideology behind IYCN. Guess they'll be getting in touch soon as well.

 
Abhinav, that's very cool. Look forward to see the mainstream media cover IYCN. I think we should leverage our contacts in the press for the Hyderabad event next month. A hard hitting press release at the end of the first day would go a long way.

Manu

[shekhar]

Dear Manu
thank you very much for providing such useful
information . Kindly keep it up.
CS Azad

On Jul 15, 11:03 pm, "Manu Sharma" <orangeh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>

> I recently attended the *India Cleantech Forum<http://www.cleantechforum.com/>
> * event at New Delhi. It was a conference for investment firms, VC's and
> banks at one hand and entrepreneurs on the other to discuss *clean
> technology investments in India*.

>
> Since there are a lot of people here are interested in cleantech and most
> did not attend the event, I'm including a selective report below with an
> emphasis on technologies featured there. Some of them were actually quite
> amazing.
>
> Day One
>
> Three out of four sessions the first day were focused on cleantech
> investment trends globally and in India. There was unanimous agreement among
> big investors that massive amount of capital is available for this sector
> and that we're going to see big inflow of funds in the near future.
>
> One of the keynote speakers, Chris Greenwood talked about big
> investment going into solar worldwide and that there was a glut in supply of
> PV expected around mid 2010 which may bring down prices by 37% (this was
> discussed on Green-India last

> year<http://groups.google.com/group/green-india/msg/6091f6df136f7a84>).

> He also talked about heavy engineering involved in wind power - comparing
> the size of large turbine rotors with the image of a spinning Boeing 747.
>
> Dhiraj Nayar, a former economist and a reporter with the Financial Express
> talked about their campaign on promoting India as a green manufacturing hub.

> *Peter Castellas, conference co-chair announced the CSM report* on renewable

> energy released the previous day.
>
> The fourth session showcased Indian cleantech innovation. This was a much
> more interesting session for me where six entrepreneurs talked about the
> technologies in which their companies specialise. These were:
>

> *Biomass based energy generation* *-* N. Srinivasan / Auromira
> Energy<http://www.auromiraenergy.in/>

>
> Srinivasan talked about Auromira's successful deployment of biomass plants
> and called for a need to customise boiler design based on the fuel type
> available. The need for round the clock fuel availability was emphasised.
> One of the concerns that came out in Q&A was rapid escalation of biomass
> prices after plant installation.
>

> *Distributed solar power for rural areas* - Damian Miller / Orb
> Energy<http://www.orbenergy.com/site.html>

>
> Orb Energy is an offshoot of Shell specialising in solar with a franchisee
> model. Based out of Bangalore, Orb has 40 franchisees in Karnataka
> currently. Damian mentioned that in off-grid rural areas, solar PV is
> already cost-competitive with kerosene.
>
> Cost competitiveness with diesel based power generation depends upon the
> financing model pursued. A UNEP project in rural India saw a huge uptake of
> solar when they provided 5-year loans at 5% interest. He argued that "PV
> will fly if ten-year loans were available at 2% interest."
>
> That said, it's essential to point out here (and Damian conceded this
> himself) that people in rural India are paying more per Watt of solar panels
> than consumers in Europe or US where it is heavily subsidised. So there's a
> huge issue of equity here.
>

> *Recycling of industrial paint sludge* - A. S. Vishnoi / Maharani
> Paints<http://www.maharanipaints.co.in/>

>
> The company has come up with a way to recycle paint sludge into industrial
> primer. Paint sludge is a hazardous byproduct in the paint industry that
> previously had to be incinerated. 35% of all paint produced is sludge.
> It was previously considered uncrecyclable.
>

> *Petroleum fuels from hydrocarbon waste* - Amit Tandon / Aveda
> Ecogreen<http://www.avedaecogreen.com/>

>
> Aveda has developed a revolutionary technology that can convert any kind of
> industrial waste (such as all grades of waste plastic) or effluents into
> useful petroleum fuels. In other words, it extracts hydrocarbons out of
> industrial waste and converts it into useful energy.
>
> Amit mentioned that although there are several such technologies, what makes
> Aveda different is that for the first time, no segregation of different
> kinds of waste is required. Theirs is a sixth-generation technology.
>
> Most surprisingly, it was claimed that there are zero emissions caused
> during the conversion process as it's based on a proprietary catalyst agent.
> The converted fuel wouldn't be sold as petrol but will be used as industrial
> furnace fuels / LPG / Kerosene / any solid hydrocarbons. The technology won
> gold medal award at the Lockheed Martin India Innovation Growth Program last
> year.
>

> *Wind power in India* - Mahesh Vipradas / Senergy
> Global<http://www.senergyglobal.com/>

>
> Mahesh gave an overview of wind power in India. The country has a low-wind
> regime, classified under wind class 3 (6m/s or lower). Therefore European
> firms have to adjust their turbine design for low wind regime. Generation
> based incentives recently introduced in the sector are expected to boost
> growth. Suzlon is world's #5 wind power company in terms of capacity and #1
> in terms of market cap.
>

> *Solar Power: new avenues and trends* - Amit Kumar / Tata BP
> Solar<http://www.tatabpsolar.com/>

>
> According to Tata BP, India has some of the largest off-grid distributed
> solar power installations in the world estimated at 25 MW. The idea of solar
> cities is expected to come up in a big way in India in the coming years.
> (this recently came

> up<http://groups.google.com/group/green-india/msg/ca10478959982522>on
> Green-India)
> **

> Day Two
>
> The first session focused on technology transfer through market mechanisms.
> Two of the speakers -- Richard Franklin of Sindicatum and V. Shunmugam of
> MCX India -- talked extensively on how Clean Development Mechanism can aid
> technology transfer.
>

> In the Q&A session, I *ruffled some feathers* when I challenged the

> speakers who promoted CDM, asking them if they were willing to take
> responsibility for the millions of tons of CO2 emissions being caused by
> spurious CDM projects and the environmental harm it will cause.
>
> This led to some embarrassment for the panel chair (Pavan Sukhdev) who tried
> to twist the question around but then another speaker Shomak Ghosh (Yes
> Bank) ventured to say that the additionality clause (which I argued was
> rarely followed) is "totally bunkum" and was designed solely to allow
> industries in the West to continue with GHG emissions. He essentially
> endorsed my stand.
>
> So I said, "then the system is broken. Why are we promoting a broken
> system?" Slight laughter in the audience ensued and an awkward moment of
> silence for the speakers who didn't really have an answer. Shomak Ghosh
> tried to argue that "cleantech projects are inherently green" to which
> I quickly added "not if you earn [spurious] credits for them."
>
> Next session was "international cleantech company showcase" that
> featured some of the most amazing technologies featured over the two days.
>

> *Tidal Power* - Martin Burger / Blue Energy <http://www.bluenergy.com/>

>
> Blue Energy International has developed a vertical-axis turbine that
> harnesses power of the tidal currents working at 40-60% capacity factor.
> According to their website, an 8-knot tidal current provides the equivalent
> force of a 390 km / hr wind! The technology can be scaled from a few
> Kilowatts up to several Gigawatt sizes.
>
> Another unique aspect of the technology is that you get a free bridge with
> it! "Multiple turbines are linked in series to create a tidal fence across
> an ocean passage." So there are transport applications. The company has
> already received independent assessments from at least three parties.
>
> According to Martin's own estimates, worldwide tidal power resource

> availability is in the range of *800 - 2000 GW*. In India, the highest

> resources are in the region of Gujarat / Maharashtra's coastal belt. This is
> undoubtedly one of the most attractive of all emerging renewable energy
> technologies.
>

> *Clean Coal* - Kos Galtos / Environmental Clean
> Technologies<http://www.ectltd.com.au/>

>
> Unlike Carbon Capture and Sequestration or CCS, the clean coal technology
> developed by ECT does not involve capturing emissions. Instead, it focuses
> on reducing coal consumption for the same amount of thermal energy by
> removing moisture content from brown coal through an economical method.
>
> Clean coal can be employed in existing power plants where they reduce
> emissions by 20-30% or in new plants where when applied with other
> optimisation technologies they can reduce emissions by as much as 55%
> compared to traditional plants.
>
> ECT has also successfully received several independent third party
> endorsements. This is an extremely potent solution in the Indian context as
> we're about to quadruple our energy consumption by around 2030 by planning
> commission's own estimates for the business as usual scenario.
>

> *Concentrated Solar Collector* - Peter Wakeman & Philip Connor /
> Sunengy<http://www.sunengy.com/>

>
> Sunengy has invented a unique solar PV concentrator called Liquid Solar
> Array (LSA) which floats on standing water bodies such as ponds and has no
> wind profile as the lens can be rotated to be fully submerged under water.
> The water also functions as a passive heat sink for the silicon cell based
> concentrator.
>
> The device uses low cost materials and has energy payback of estimated 13
> months. Upfront cost at entry is expected to be in the range of $2/W and
> running costs around $0.11 / kWh which the company expects to drop to $0.05
> / kWh in four years' time.
>
> The amount of water required is 2 ha / MW of 1.2m depth. Sunengy is seeking
> EOI from international partners.
>

> *Solar Water Distillation* - Peter Johnstone / F
> Cubed<http://www.fcubed.com.au/>

>
> Fcubed desalinates water at 5% the cost of competition. Their
> technology works at 50% solar efficiency. However, the output at 6l per
> square meter / day is modest.
>
> Third session on day two continued with a second showcase of Indian
> cleantech innovation.
>

> *Small Hydro Power Generation* - S K Sharma / SBA
> Hydrotech<http://www.cleantechforum.com/node/808>

>
> Sharma argued that small hydro is the most economical and one of the oldest
> renewable energy technologies. There are plants which have been operating
> for over 50 years and those that are operating for over 100 years in
> India. He said that all of Himachal Pradesh's energy demand can be offset by
> small hydro.
>

> *Energy Efficient Air Conditioning* - A Vaidyanathan / HMX
> Sumaya<http://www.hmx.biz/>

>
> The company has developed a way to significantly reduce energy consumption
> of air conditioning. Their presentation mentioned very little of
> the technical details though. I suspect it to be a hybrid of earth cooling
> tubes and traditional air conditioning.
>

> *Energy Saving Motor Controllers* - Sundar Duraiswami / Tribi Embedded
> Systems <http://www.tribitech.com/>

>
> Tribi makes variable frequency drives that can provide up to 25% energy
> savings in motors and pumps. In a 5 HP agricultural pump for example, the
> annual energy savings amount to 12 MWh, according to Sundar. As 70% of world
> electricity is driven by motors, there's tremendous potential for such
> controllers.
>

> *Energy Saving Lighting Controllers* - P R L Rao / Kakatiya Energy
> Systems<http://www.natureswitch.com/>

>
> KKES manufactures switches for outdoor lamps with built-in infrared
> sensors which automatically turn on and off based on the level of ambient
> light thereby saving energy.
>

> *Bio-fuels* - B Jaya Kumar / Nandan Biomatrix <http://www.nandan.biz/>

>
> Nandan biomatrix is into large scale Jatropha contract farming on government

> defined non-arable land. *Jatropha Curcas* is an ideal biofuel for several

> reasons. The company also undertakes R&D and also plans to utilise biomass
> generated from the cultivation for energy generation.
>

> *Energy Service Companies (ESCO's) and Building Energy Efficiency* - Leena

> Thomas & Mahesh Tharoor
>
> Leena Thomas leads the Indian branch of Clinton Climate

> Initiative<http://www.clintonfoundation.org/what-we-do/clinton-climate-initiative>(CCI)

> of the Clinton Foundation which operates globally. She talked about
> her programme which lays a big emphasis on measurement. Particularly,
> measurement of lifecycle cost and lifecycle emissions of energy generation
> technologies. They have built up partnerships with such technology providers
> worldwide and work closely with ESCo's such as Johnson Controls.
>
> Mahesh Tharoor heads Energy Solutions, Asia at Johnson

> Controls<http://www.johnsoncontrols.com/publish/us/en.html> which

> is one of the world's leading ESCo's. He talked about guaranteeing clients
> the amount of energy reductions their company can help implement. This
> breaks down the barrier to entry. They are largely into building efficiency.
>

> Highlight of the concluding session on "Vision for the Future" was *Deepa's
> presentation* on youth and IYCN. For a conference on clean energy

> generation, it was the only presentation over the two days which generated
> so much energy around the room! No emissions were caused and the point was

> made loud and clear - IYCN <http://iycn.in/> has arrived.

>
> I've provided links to various company websites for the different
> technologies. Presentations should be made available on Cleantech

> Forum<http://www.cleantechforum.com>website in a few days. If you have

> any question, feel free to get in touch.
>
> Thanks,
> Manu
> ______________________
>

> Manu Sharmahttp://orangehues.com/blog/

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Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2008 10:36 AM
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Subject: [Green-India] Re: Reporting on India Cleantech Forum

 

Dear Seema,

Thanks. Will write to you offline on this...

Thanks,
Manu

On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 6:27 AM, <see...@aol.com> wrote:

Manu

Thanks very much for this summary. Its very valuable. Could you tell me more about IYCN?

Also, I lost track of the initiative on this site with regard to energy efficiency. Did it move forward?

Regarding your request to describe my new organization, ClimateWorks Foundation, we are a global philanthropy that will work to reduce carbon emissions through an action-oriented approach in five regions/countries including India, China, Europe, USA and Brazil/Mexico. We will have independent partners in each of these regions who will be part of our network. I will be working to catalyze an India-based Foundation in this regard.

Best Wishes,
Seema Paul

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[Manu Sharma]

Presentations from the event covered below can be found at:

http://green-india.in/trunk/Presentations-Cleantech-Forum-2008.zip

Thanks,

Manu

______________________

 

Manu Sharma

http://blog.orangehues.com/

[Vinod Sharma]

Hi,

 

Day One:

 

Emminent speakers from various companies, dominated the day with their emerging renewable energy technologies.

 

Day Two:

 

Founder & Moderator, Green-India Forum, dominated the day with his bold and embrassing questions, particularly CDM.

 

 

Best Wishes,

 

Vinod

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